Orphans of the Storm

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feature film historical drama film silent film

Orphans of the Storm is a 1921 silent historical drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, set during the French Revolution and starring Lillian and Dorothy Gish as separated sisters.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feature film → historical drama film → silent film →
basedOn	Les Deux Orphelines → The Two Orphans →
basedOnWorkType	play →
castMember	Creighton Hale → Dorothy Gish → Frank Losee → Frank Puglia → Joseph Schildkraut → Katherine Emmet → Lillian Gish → Monte Blue → Morgan Wallace →
cinematographyBy	G. W. Bitzer →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	D. W. Griffith →
distributor	United Artists →
era	silent era →
featuresCharacterRelationship	separated sisters →
filmEditingBy	James Smith →
filmLocation	United States →
format	black-and-white →
genre	historical drama → silent drama →
hasIntertitlesLanguage	English →
hasType	black-and-white silent feature →
mainSubject	French Revolution →
musicBy	Louis F. Gottschalk →
narrativeLocation	France → Paris →
notableFor	large-scale historical set pieces → pairing of Lillian and Dorothy Gish →
originalLanguage	Silent film with English intertitles →
partOf	American silent cinema →
premiereLocation	New York City →
productionCompany	D. W. Griffith Productions →
releaseDate	1921-12-28 →
releaseYear	1921 →
runtimeMinutes	150 →
screenwriter	D. W. Griffith →
setInPeriod	French Revolution →
starredActor	Dorothy Gish → Lillian Gish →
theme	French Revolution → class conflict → sisterhood →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
D. W. Griffith →	notableWork